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i would note that the president was in cam cambodia after the election, and then he was in burma, and secretary clinton moves throughout the region as well as secretary panetta, and the amount of activities i do and my forces do is a prompt jump than what we did in the past, and we're looking for opportunities to do more exercise. we are doing more of those things already, and that's viz l to the allies. i think it's visible to the partners, and i feel it visible to the region. we oftenment to jump to, well, where's the next aircraft carry your or the submarine. that's the signal. we will, over time, as you've heard secretary panetta say, rebalance towards the pacific, and i mentioned opening remarks. we're rapidly moving the most capable assets into the region because of the ballistic missile defense threats we face and those things, so it's about a holistic approach, and what i do on the military side is just one aspect of it. it's got to be tie into the economic side, what's happening in the diplomatic side, and so we're working hard that accomplishes this strategy. >> a quick ques
i would note that the president was in cam cambodia after the election, and then he was in burma, and secretary clinton moves throughout the region as well as secretary panetta, and the amount of activities i do and my forces do is a prompt jump than what we did in the past, and we're looking for opportunities to do more exercise. we are doing more of those things already, and that's viz l to the allies. i think it's visible to the partners, and i feel it visible to the region. we oftenment to...
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if they're desperate election in 2009 we would not have to worry about iran today. we wouldn't have to worry about the new. i suggest you that the jousting ethic of the democratic process will give you a better chance of evolution than using under to get a ship that we might not have to wait that long to see that evolution happened. >> but there wasn't a free election. >> there was, but even not having a free election you have enormous evolution occur amongst people who were at one time diehard revolutionaries. i suggest that evolution will be greater under a democratic system where you just have as much voting as you have in iran. >> we have to leave it here. please give a round of applause to our panelists. [applause] >> i think writers institute is something that's very important within the culture. we borrow a culture of words -- we are a culture of words, of voices. words are our imagination, our capacity to envision things. we ourselves do not completely tied to print on the page. but i think that there's no other art form so readily accessible other than perh
if they're desperate election in 2009 we would not have to worry about iran today. we wouldn't have to worry about the new. i suggest you that the jousting ethic of the democratic process will give you a better chance of evolution than using under to get a ship that we might not have to wait that long to see that evolution happened. >> but there wasn't a free election. >> there was, but even not having a free election you have enormous evolution occur amongst people who were at one...
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over the past four years and into the recent election, the issue of health care has been at the center of our nation's great policy debate and implications beyond the health care industry impacting our larger fiscal policy and important social concerns. we are fortunate to have a test today mr. broussard insights on the industry in developing policy. prior to joining humana 2011, mr. broussard, u.s. oncology. large producers and providers of health care products to major health care institutions. that background, mr. brousard brings a broad perspective on health care issues facing our country. mr. broussard holds his undergraduate degree from texas a&m and an mba from the university of houston. were very much looking forward to your comments today. thanks for being here. [applause] >> thank you. well, thank you. i really appreciate the opportunity from each one of you. our nation is actually wrestling -- [inaudible] a large amount of debt the united states is facing. i will outline the challenge we face. i'll also show you some transforming health care is one of the ways we can solve t
over the past four years and into the recent election, the issue of health care has been at the center of our nation's great policy debate and implications beyond the health care industry impacting our larger fiscal policy and important social concerns. we are fortunate to have a test today mr. broussard insights on the industry in developing policy. prior to joining humana 2011, mr. broussard, u.s. oncology. large producers and providers of health care products to major health care...
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and this book is about the 1952 election and the context of the election, and kevin matson will tell us about it but there's a nice tradition in politics and prose of having wonderful stuff the night before the election. we were talking 12 years ago was the discussion of arguing the world which was the discussion with daniel bell or crystal irving, four years ago we had a new york review book and some of the contributors, jonathan friedman and others were talking about the problems whoever the new president was likely to face and anticipating an obama when that night there was precedence about the use of the filibuster to block consideration of a things so tonight we will get some historic perspective. i have had the good fortune to read a lot of kevin matson's book that he is a wonderful historian of postwar liberalism. he tells it in ways that are very perceptive. he avoids fashionable trends to make sure he gets underneath fans. he is not a revisionist. and he writes about other periods as well including participatory democracy and the progressive era and upton sinclair, many of y
and this book is about the 1952 election and the context of the election, and kevin matson will tell us about it but there's a nice tradition in politics and prose of having wonderful stuff the night before the election. we were talking 12 years ago was the discussion of arguing the world which was the discussion with daniel bell or crystal irving, four years ago we had a new york review book and some of the contributors, jonathan friedman and others were talking about the problems whoever the...
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as you all know we face an election in which one party vowed to repeal even modest gains for equality in health coverage. the fight for health security in the united states is far from over. all other affluent nations agreed long ago that basic health care should be a right of all citizens the u.s. continues to treat medical care as a product purchased in the marketplace. even now the most sweeping reform in our history embodies tension between the rights of the people and the rights of private companies and individuals to profit from the health care system. the three women i described in this talk with the different times in different parts of the country. they didn't know each other and never heard of each other. what all three of them had in common was the belief that ordinary citizens could take the lead in preventing a new vision of what the health care system could be. all three of them felt the affordable care despite its flaws, continuing open end participatory national debate about how the american health-care system can best serve the needs of all the people. thank you for l
as you all know we face an election in which one party vowed to repeal even modest gains for equality in health coverage. the fight for health security in the united states is far from over. all other affluent nations agreed long ago that basic health care should be a right of all citizens the u.s. continues to treat medical care as a product purchased in the marketplace. even now the most sweeping reform in our history embodies tension between the rights of the people and the rights of private...
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eastern a look at nixon and the 1952 election with kevin matteson. his book is just plain dick. then at midnight, robert sullivan describes his journey to retrace the steps of the american revolution. and tomorrow in the light of congress discussing the so-called fiscal cliff, at 2 p.m. eastern booktv highlights a few programs about economics. james gustav, steve forbes and george gilder all weigh in. watch this and more all weekend long on booktv. for a complete schedule, visit booktv.org. >> now, from albany, new york, we hear about the state-mandated new york state writer's institute. the program promotes cultural initiatives through author presentations, workshops, film screen things and more -- screenings and more. >> i can see each event just as vividly as i can see the posters before me. i'm donald faulkner, i'm director of the new york state writer's institute, and what we do, what i do is kind of herd intellectual cats. we bring a lot of writers through to albany to do readings, we also do a number of other types of programs, events, writing workshops and film series an
eastern a look at nixon and the 1952 election with kevin matteson. his book is just plain dick. then at midnight, robert sullivan describes his journey to retrace the steps of the american revolution. and tomorrow in the light of congress discussing the so-called fiscal cliff, at 2 p.m. eastern booktv highlights a few programs about economics. james gustav, steve forbes and george gilder all weigh in. watch this and more all weekend long on booktv. for a complete schedule, visit booktv.org....
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but it was, you know, who knows how many elections they stole, and the graph was extraordinary. but it was, it was the consolidation of power of the ethnic groups that had been coming into this country. they were all part of this mosaic that came to be this political machine. but by and large it was run by these two guys, an irishman and a connecticut yankee. it's the history of the city that's in the subtitle, fearless ethnics, political wizards, underrated scoundrels. we still have a lot of those. and, but it's a different town now. it's, i mean, it's no longer just albany. albany is, it's about five or six towns all put together. it's troy, it's schenectady, it's colony, it's saratoga. saratoga's only half an hour away. and these are great places to live and to see, and there's a lot to see in this town. town is coming back. it's also a great, a beautiful town. it's a really beautiful town. and a lot of people know it now. it doesn't have that reputation anymore that stanford white thought it had. >> albany, new york, is one of the oldest surviving settlements from the origin
but it was, you know, who knows how many elections they stole, and the graph was extraordinary. but it was, it was the consolidation of power of the ethnic groups that had been coming into this country. they were all part of this mosaic that came to be this political machine. but by and large it was run by these two guys, an irishman and a connecticut yankee. it's the history of the city that's in the subtitle, fearless ethnics, political wizards, underrated scoundrels. we still have a lot of...
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booktv will feature several of these lists focusing on nonfiction elections. these nonfiction titles were included in the new york times 100 notable books of 2012. and barack obama:the story david maraniss, associate editor of the washington post present a history of president barack obama's family. charles murray of the american enterprise institute argues a growing divide between the upper and lower class goes beyond economics differences in coming apart:the state of white america 1960-2010. in victory, the triumphant game revolution, linda hirschman presenting history of the gay-rights movement. david nassau chronicles the life and career of the father of the kennedy political dynasty in the patriarch, remarkable life and turbulent times of joseph kennedy. history professor at duke university examined haiti from its founding to today in haiti:the aftershock of history. for an extended list of links to publications, 2012 notable books election visit booktv website booktv.org or our facebook page facebook.com/booktv. >> next, norman finkelstein argues the sup
booktv will feature several of these lists focusing on nonfiction elections. these nonfiction titles were included in the new york times 100 notable books of 2012. and barack obama:the story david maraniss, associate editor of the washington post present a history of president barack obama's family. charles murray of the american enterprise institute argues a growing divide between the upper and lower class goes beyond economics differences in coming apart:the state of white america 1960-2010....
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when no solution could be found, britain and france elected to retake the canal by force of arms and enlisted israel's help in that effort. israel sought an alliance of convenience between britain and france and herself and launched this war. >> i want to show on this map here where the lines -- the diagonal lines, one at the bottom is sinai. over here is the gulf of suez. for the audience to look around and see where jordan is located. jordan used to control that area in the middle of israel which is the west bank. then you have syria at the top and lebanon. 1956 war lasted how long? >> well, for the british and french, it lasted about three days. the israelis it continued a little bit longer, about three, four days because israel started it. the invasion of the suez canal occurred on november 3 or 4 and israel launched their attack on the 29th of october. >> who led the country then? >> david was the prime minister. >> where were people like ariel sharon? were they involved? >> ariel sharon was involved in a very controversial action. this gets complicated, right. as part of the de
when no solution could be found, britain and france elected to retake the canal by force of arms and enlisted israel's help in that effort. israel sought an alliance of convenience between britain and france and herself and launched this war. >> i want to show on this map here where the lines -- the diagonal lines, one at the bottom is sinai. over here is the gulf of suez. for the audience to look around and see where jordan is located. jordan used to control that area in the middle of...